OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball continues to lead the nation in field goal percentage and three-point percentage in the latest statistical rankings released on Monday.

In addition, Creighton is ranked 17th nationally in the USA Today Top 25 Coaches poll and 21st in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Jays dropped five spots in the coaches poll and four slots in the AP rankings after a five-point loss at Drake on Wednesday and 30-point road win on Sunday at Southern Illinois. Dating to the final three polls of last season, Creighton has now been ranked in a school-record 16 straight Associated Press polls, one more than a 15-week stretch in the 2002-03 campaign.

Creighton has now been ranked in the AP poll during half (25) of Greg McDermott's 50 weeks at the helm, not to mention five other weeks where it's been 26th, 27th or 28th. The 25 weeks in the poll are most of any Creighton basketball coach in history.

Statistically, Creighton ranks among the nation’s top-13 in nine different categories through games of Jan. 27th. The Jays lead the nation in field goal percentage (.519) and three-point percentage (.448) while also ranking third in three-pointers per game (9.5). The Jays are fourth with 17.9 assists per game, sixth in points (1650), seven in assist/turnover ratio (1.47), 11th in scoring offense (78.6) and scoring margin (+16.2) and 13th in winning percentage (.857). The only team to ever finish a season leading the nation in both 3-pointers per game and 3-point percentage was Princeton in 1987-88., while the only team to ever lead the nation in both field goal percentage and three-point percentage was Northern Arizona 1998-99.

Individually, Doug McDermott
is second in points per game (23.7), 25th in field goal percentage
(.564), 46th in free-throw percentage (.863) and and 176th in rebounds
per game (7.2). Grant Gibbs is ninth in assist/turnover ratio (3.18) and 23rd in assists per game (6.05). In addition, Gregory Echenique ranks 90th in blocked shots per game (1.71), 90th in double-doubles (5) and 144th in rebounds per game (7.5). Also in the top-100 are Ethan Wragge, who is 68th with 2.48 three-pointers per game, and Austin Chatman who ranks 84th with 4.6 assists per game and 107th with a 1.94 assist/turnover ratio.

Creighton (18-3, 7-2 MVC) begins the second half of Missouri Valley Conference play on Wednesday when it hosts Missouri State (6-15, 4-5 MVC) in a 7:05 pm game at CenturyLink Center Omaha.